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kgstakes said:
Good Evening,

After I did my little ops session the other day, I was thinking, I wonder what you guys/gals are using for a DCC system?
I've been using from the start of my "dcc switch over from dc" I've been using MRC system. When I first wanted to change from dc to dcc, I was part of a club layout and they were using NCE. Which was at the time what I was going to use but for some reason (don't really remember why) I decided on MRC.

I was watching on modeler and he is using ESU system that is wifi. Thought that system was neat to see also. Price? Yeah I have a budget but I think a system around 5-600 bucks is with in reason for me.

What are you using and why did you pick that system.
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I use the ESU Cab Control. I have a European-based layout. All of the locomotive decoders are ESU, Zimo, PIKO (Uhlenbrock), or TRIX (which is usually Zimo). These decoders expect to see 16V on the rails and this equipment works very nicely with my decoders.

I wanted something with adjustable voltage and current for the equipment I have and the power it needs. NCE Powercab wasn't cutting it anymore. It was a good starter system, but I outgrew it in a few years.
 
Another question I have is, do any of you have or ever tried this throttle?

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RhB Michael said:
I use the ESU Cab Control. I have a European-based layout. All of the locomotive decoders are ESU, Zimo, PIKO (Uhlenbrock), or TRIX (which is usually Zimo). These decoders expect to see 16V on the rails and this equipment works very nicely with my decoders.

I wanted something with adjustable voltage and current for the equipment I have and the power it needs. NCE Powercab wasn't cutting it anymore. It was a good starter system, but I outgrew it in a few years.
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You’re not using the ESU ECoS based system?

I’m interested in getting an ESU Cab Control unit like Tom posted the pic for from Streamlined.

I like the ESU stuff but they really want you to only use their add-ons like detection blocks, switch decoders, etc.

That’s why I went with Digikeijs and now it’s successor YaMoRC. (Yet another model railroad company— Karsten, the engineer behind it, is very active online so you can get help, make suggestions, etc). They connect to everything.

I too mainly use D&H (Doehler & Haas), Zimo, ESU, and built in Fleischmann and Trix decoders, plus TCS for board level locomotive swaps. They all support RailCom. For my KATO trains which expect EM13 style KATO decoders, which are made by Digitrax, you have ESU and Zimo EM13 compatibles to choose from or I use a PCB someone developed and posted on JNSForum.com that takes a D&H decoder though I’ve also adapted them to use small Zimo and ESU decoders.
 


kgstakes said:
Good Evening,

After I did my little ops session the other day, I was thinking, I wonder what you guys/gals are using for a DCC system?
I've been using from the start of my "dcc switch over from dc" I've been using MRC system. When I first wanted to change from dc to dcc, I was part of a club layout and they were using NCE. Which was at the time what I was going to use but for some reason (don't really remember why) I decided on MRC.

I was watching on modeler and he is using ESU system that is wifi. Thought that system was neat to see also. Price? Yeah I have a budget but I think a system around 5-600 bucks is with in reason for me.

What are you using and why did you pick that system.
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NCE - price.
 
CambriaArea51 said:
In basic training the food was good but you never got a chance to taste it, the Drill Sergeant would yell" sniff and get" so you had to cram it down.
Once you got station then you could enjoy a meal.
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I never had time to eat and lost 20# in boot. Finally decided after a while that the CC couldn't hurt me with the punishment, so I sat there and ate what I needed. I ended up working out for the CC that night - push ups, sit ups, 8 count body builders, yawn. I think I worked out for him a few nights in a row.
 




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